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Recent articles about Yvon Durelleen-usHow crazy is Bernard Hopkins? Archie Moore & Bob Fitzsimmons are youngins by comparisonBernard "The Alien" Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) isn't the first elder statesman of the sweet science to hold the light heavyweight crown.
With a win on Saturday, November 8 against WBO Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (25-0-1, 23 KOs at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on HBO World Championship Boxing®, Hopkins would be just one belt away from becoming the first fighter in boxing history to hold all four major alphabet titles simultaneously in two different weight divisions.
He was already the first man to hold all four major alphabet belts in any weight class.
When the 49-year old unified light heavyweight champion puts his titles on the line against the 31-year old knockout artist Kovalev, he will be looking to raise the standard yet again.
That the feat could come at light heavyweight does fall in line with some of the all-time great pugilists who found accomplishment in the same division past their 40th birthday.
In November 1903, former middleweight and heavyweight world cham...30 Oct 2014 20:22:01 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/how_crazy_is_bernard_hopkins_archie_moore_bob_fitzsimmons_are_youngins_by_comparison/17605181
http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/how_crazy_is_bernard_hopkins_archie_moore_bob_fitzsimmons_are_youngins_by_comparison/17605181How crazy is Bernard Hopkins? Archie Moore & Bob Fitzsimmons are youngins by comparisonhttp://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/how_crazy_is_bernard_hopkins_archie_moore_bob_fitzsimmons_are_youngins_by_comparison/17605181http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.pngThrowback Thursday: Joe Louis Makes Comeback, Wallops Jack SharkeyGauging the importance of a given fight in boxing is no easy task. It’s nigh impossible to put in stone exactly what it is that makes a bout important. There’s much to choose from, between attendance records and television views; world titles and simply how great the action is.
Are fights that usher in new eras of boxing less important?
Underrated on the grand scale of importance, then — if there is such a thing — might be a fight that both ushers in a new era and closes the door on an old one.
Aug. 18, 1936 was the day that Joe Louis, “The Brown Bomber,” unleashed his artillery upon “The Squire of Chestnut Hill,” Jack Sharkey.
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Two months prior, Max Schmeling, rabble rouser and certain terrible person, planted dynamite on the train tracks of Louis’ career with a stoppage win in 12 rounds. Schmeling’s comment that he “saw something” after Louis’ win over Paulino Uzcudun, whether myth or true, has come to mean that he saw Louis pulling his jab back lazily, which begged for 29 May 2014 07:42:35 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/throwback_thursday_joe_louis_makes_comeback_wallops_jack_sharkey/16556026
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